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Coolify
Heroku
Instead of Heroku. A self-hosted platform to build, deploy and manage apps, databases and services on your own servers. Cloud and hosting · AGPL-3.0 · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
Appwrite
Firebase
Instead of Firebase. A self-hosted backend for auth, databases, storage and functions, with SDKs for web and mobile. Cloud and hosting · BSD-3-Clause · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
Directus
Contentful
Instead of Contentful. A data platform and CMS that wraps an existing SQL database with an API and an admin app. Cloud and hosting · BSL-1.1 · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
Dokku
Heroku
Instead of Heroku. A mini PaaS you install on a single server, using git push and a Heroku-like buildpack flow. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free
Garage
Amazon S3
Instead of Amazon S3. A lightweight distributed object store designed for small clusters and geo-distributed setups. Cloud and hosting · AGPL-3.0 · Self-hosted, Web · Free
Ghost
Substack
Instead of Substack. A publishing platform for newsletters and blogs, with a CMS, memberships and a self-hosted edition. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
Medusa
Shopify
Instead of Shopify. A headless commerce engine for products, carts and orders, with a Node backend you can host yourself. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
Meilisearch
Algolia
Instead of Algolia. A typo-tolerant search engine you run next to your app, with a simple API and instant results. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
MinIO
Amazon S3
Instead of Amazon S3. An S3-compatible object store you run on your own machines, for backups, assets and private buckets. Cloud and hosting · AGPL-3.0 · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid support
Payload
Contentful
Instead of Contentful. A TypeScript headless CMS and application framework, with an admin UI generated from your schema. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting
PocketBase
Firebase
Instead of Firebase. A single-binary backend with an embedded database, auth, files and a realtime API, easy to drop onto a small server. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free
Strapi
Contentful
Instead of Contentful. A headless CMS you can host yourself, with content types, a REST and GraphQL API, and a role system. Cloud and hosting · MIT · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid edition
Supabase
Firebase
Instead of Firebase. A Postgres-based backend with auth, storage and APIs, with an open-source stack you can self-host. Cloud and hosting · Apache-2.0 · Self-hosted, Web, Web · Free, paid hosting
Typesense
Algolia
Instead of Algolia. A typo-tolerant search server with a small memory footprint and a developer-friendly API. Cloud and hosting · GPL-3.0 · Self-hosted, Web · Free, paid hosting